Family reunification to Austria

The law is laid out to treat each individual of the family the same way the other. Which means if one member has been granted asylum or subsidiary protection, the other members should get it too (unless a member has been convicted of criminal charges).

Relatives of people who have an ongoing asylum procedure are not able to apply for family reunification. Relatives of people who have been granted asylum as well as of people under subsidiary protection are able to apply for an entry visa to Austria.  As relatives count: parents of underage children, marriage partners and unmarried underage children.

They have to apply at the Austrian Embassy in their home country. Then the officials in Austria will investigate which kind of family relation is existing and if this relation is unable to continue when living in different countries. This will take some time. In case of a positive decision, the Austrian embassy will grant the applicant an entry visa, which is valid for four months. During this time, the applicant can travel to Austria to apply for Asylum.

People under subsidiary protection can only apply after the first prolongation of their status (which is one year after they initially got this status).

With marriage partners, the marriage must have been existing already in the home country, otherwise different rules apply.